Table 1-Frequency distributions for certain characters in species and subspecies of Chasmodes. (Holotype of new subspecies is designated by a
 for characters not requiring dissection.)

 Segmented dorsal-fin Total dorsal-fin Segmented anal-fin Caudal
 rays elements rays vertebrae
 Species 16 17 18 19 20 27 28 29 30 31 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26
saburrae 1 1 14 5 1 1 1 13 6 1 1 14 3 2 15 7 2
bosquianus
 bosquianus 3 24 12 2 3 24 12 2 1 4 19 13 3 6 2 1
h. longimaxilla 1 1 27* 5 9 27" 5 1 6 23* 9 1 6 5

 Enlarged upper Small upper pharyngeal teeth (both sides included) Dorsal + ventral
 pharyngeal teeth Specimens procurrent
 (both sides included) Specimens > 40 mm SL <40 mm SL caudal-fin rays
 Species 10 11 12 13 14 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
saburrae 3 4 17 6 1 1 1- 7 7 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 6 10 2 1
bosquianus
 bosquianus 2 17 1 2 3 1 7 2 2 1 2 4 8 1
h. longimaxilla 1 1 18 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 3 6 8 2
 Pseudobranchial filaments Gill rakers Number of mandibular pores

 Species 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 9 10 11 12 13 14 4 5 6 7 8 X

saburrae 6 15 5 2 1 8 13 10 5 33 560 69 6 6.0
bosquianus
 bosquianus 2 7 6 5 1 2 7 12 4 136 23 10 4.3
b. longimaxilla 4 5 6 6 2 1 5 17 2 103" 13 1 4.1